Scotland to Rewrite Independence Question

By

Ainsley Thomson

Jan. 30, 2013 7:46 a.m. ET

LONDON—The Scottish government has agreed to rewrite its independence referendum question after the Electoral Commission Wednesday ruled that the proposed question was not neutral and could encourage people to vote in favor of Scotland becoming an independent country.

Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister and leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party, had wanted the referendum question to be: "Do you agree that...